KINGSPORT, Tenn. (ABP) — Neither an organized conservative group nor a coalition of moderates and unaligned conservatives were the clear-cut winners during the Tennessee Baptist Convention annual meeting, held Nov. 13-14 in Kingsport, Tenn. Messengers elected presidential and vice presidential…
Bluefield College to assist children of CBF missionaries
BLUEFIELD — Bluefield College will offer undergraduate tuition scholarships for children of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship global missions field personnel, it was announced last week. The school will offer an eight-semester scholarship for full-time study to field personnel dependents who meet…
N.C. Baptists cut WMU funding, loosen ties to colleges, retirement home
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — Messengers changed the face of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, loosening ties to its five colleges and retirement home, cutting funding to its women's auxiliary, and expelling a church that accepts gays in leadership…
Episcopal churches in Virginia in court over property dispute
FAIRFAX — A two-week trial began Nov. 13 that will determine whether a state law from 1867 governs the property dispute between the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and 11 congregations that voted to leave the church. The congregations, among them…
N.C. colleges provide scholarships for CBF missionary children
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Seven historically Baptist colleges and universities in North Carolina will offer undergraduate tuition scholarships for children of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship global missions field personnel. The schools are Campbell University in Buies Creek, Chowan University in Murfreesboro, Gardner-Webb…
Have we gone too far in the race for parenthood?
NEW YORK (ABP) — In Brazil, a 51-year-old woman gave birth to her own twin grandchildren. She used embryos from her 27-year-old daughter, who had tried for four years to conceive. In January, a Texas-based “human embryo bank” announced prospective…
Mid-Atlantic CBF missions day unites churches in ministry to poor
WASHINGTON — Since 2006, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel Brandon and Tirzah Turner have been serving in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., ministering among the poor and encouraging local CBF partner churches to do the same. On Nov. 3, the…
Surrogacy: Ethicists in quandary when ‘Mommy’ becomes relative term
NEW YORK (ABP) — The Church of England recently issued a statement identifying organ donation — even by living donors — as a Christian duty motivated by compassion and a mandate to heal. But what about donating a womb for…
Campbell Divinity School opens World Religions and Global Cultures Center
BUIES CREEK, N.C. — Campbell University Divinity School has opened a new World Religions and Global Cultures Center to enhance students' understanding of other cultures and religious beliefs. Michael Cogdill, dean of the Campbell Divinity School and George Braswell, director…